Babe Ruth that year set the record of 60 home runs and kept his record for 34 years. ... Babe Ruth's wife Helen died in a fire in Boston. ... In 1932, Babe Ruth had made his most Memorable home run. ... This was Ruth's last series home run. ... "I'm just the guy who follows Babe Ruth in batting order."" ...
And in 1920, they would gain one of the greatest players of all time, Babe Ruth. Purchasing the contract of Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox for $125,000 and a $350,000 loan against the mortgage on Fenway Park, the Yankees not only acquired one of the game's all-time greats, but also set into motion a curse against their great rivals which still resonates in the sports world today (to this day, the Sox have yet to win another World Series since their last series victory in 1918). ...
Stories of Yankee legends such as Babe Ruth bolting his 60th home run in 1927. Babe Ruth would go on to become the most influential player the sport would ever know. Another unforgetable Yankee memorie is when Roger Maris broke Ruth's single season homerun record when he hit 61 homeruns in 1961. ...
On January of 2013, third baseman of the New York Yankees, Alex Rodriguez, admitted to taking performance enhancing drugs (PED). Keep in mind he has a guaranteed contract of over 100 million dollars over the next 3 years. The Yankees have a decision to make between either to keep or release him. The...
Lou Gehrig's accomplishments on the field made him an American hero, but his career was in majority overshadowed by Ruth and DiMaggio. ... The next day, doing his duties as the Yankee captain he carried the lineup card to the umpire without his name but the name of Babe Dahlgren on it, taking himself out of the lineup. ...
Some may also argue that Babe Ruth may have been the best captain, but his reign was over pretty much before it even started. ... That being said, Ruth is perhaps the greatest Yankee of all time, but is also the worse captain the Bronx Bombers have ever had. ... Does he have the offensive power Gherig or Ruth had? ...
